11th Circuit Ruling On PPACA Constitutionality

Aug.12.2011

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the PPACA health reform law's individual mandate is unconstitutional, but that the mandate provision is "severable" from the rest of the law, so no other part of the law is struck down. The court also rejected the challenge by state attorneys general to the expanded coverage mandates imposed on states electing to participate in the Medicaid program.